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<A NAME="CCJDDHBE"></A><h1>Supported versions for SQL Server</h1>
<A NAME="TI1038"></A><p>You can access Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 databases
using the SQL Native Client interface. The SQL Native Client interface
uses a DLL named <i>PBSNC115.DLL</i> to access the
database. The
interface uses the SQL Server 2005 Native Client (<i>sqlncli.h</i> and <i>sqlncli.dll</i>)
on the client side and connects using OLE DB.</p>
<A NAME="TI1039"></A><p>For SQL Server 2000, the SQL client SDK was provided with
the Microsoft Database Access Components (MDAC). MDAC does not support
new features in SQL Server 2005. To take advantage of these features,
you need to use the SNC interface. The SQL Server 2005 SQL Native
Client software must be installed on the client computer.</p>
<p><img src="images/note.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Note"> <span class=shaded>PBODB initialization file not used</span> <A NAME="TI1040"></A>Connections made directly through OLE DB use the PBODB initialization
file to set some parameters, but connections made using the SNC
interface do not depend on the PBODB initialization file.</p>

